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All week I’m taking this show on the road. Some of my favorite bloggers have agreed to help me promote my new book, My Amish Roots, by either hosting a guest post, a question and answer session, or reviewing the book. Here are today’s links:
Continue reading “My Cyber Book Tour Begins Today!”

The blond-haired woman walked into the food pantry. She volunteered there twice a month. That week they had a stock pile of new and used crock pots to hand out along with the food.

“Oh, that will be great!” one of the ladies said. She went there regularly for food. The blond-haired woman handed her the largest crock pot available.

“Will that one work?” she asked.

“It’s perfect! You know, we don’t have a stove in our house. This is so perfect.”

The woman had at least four kids. They made all their meals in a microwave.
Continue reading “Every Form of Poverty Has the Same Solution”

It’s been far too long since I’ve done this here at the blog. A busy autumn has me feeling like butter spread over too much bread (thanks for that saying, Bilbo). So, as in traditions past, today is your chance to share three things in the comments:

1) What’s the best blog post you read on the interwebs during the month of November?

2) What’s your favorite cereal? (We all know the answer to that one, but I’ll let you humor me with your substandard choices).

3) And, if you’re a blogger, what was the most popular post that you wrote during the month all the turkeys hate?

Leave your answers in the comments, and in the next few weeks I’ll try to read through all of them and give you a rundown of the best of the best.

Maile and I came home from our four-year stint in England bruised and battered. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was burned out from working too many hours for too many years under too much stress. A business that just didn’t quite take off, adjusting to a new culture, being away from home, employees stealing from us: the cumulative affect of those years was like a layer of barnacles on an old ship. Problem is, when they were scraped away, there wasn’t anything left of me. Continue reading “What Money Never Tells You”

In spite of my disappointment at the news that some retailers are now open on Thanksgiving Day, and despite my disdain for big box stores, I found myself in a line of roughly 1000 people during the midnight that separated Thanksgiving from Black Friday. It’s become a kind of tradition for Maile, her two brothers, their wives, and I – this manic shopping done during crazy hours is one of the only times we can spend together, just the six of us, and it’s always a lot of fun.
Continue reading “What Are You Standing in Line For?”